diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
index 7e229b2162..5ad2ca4b35 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         String s4 = (derby ? s1 : null);
 
         // [#2669] MySQL uses backslashes for escaping...
-        String s5 = "no SQL \\'injection\\' in MySQL either";
+        String s5 = "no SQL \\injection\\ in MySQL either\\";
 
         Byte b1 = Byte.valueOf("1");
         Byte b2 = (derby ? b1 : null);
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index a67bf9aa6a..a575b7a77c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ package org.jooq.test;
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.CUBRID;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.FIREBIRD;
+import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MARIADB;
+import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
 import static org.jooq.test._.listeners.JDBCLifecycleListener.RS_CLOSE_COUNT;
 import static org.jooq.test._.listeners.JDBCLifecycleListener.RS_START_COUNT;
 import static org.jooq.test._.listeners.JDBCLifecycleListener.STMT_CLOSE_COUNT;
@@ -525,6 +527,12 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         if (!connectionInitialised) {
             connectionInitialised = true;
             connection = getConnection0(null, null);
+
+            // [#2669] Turn of MySQL backslash escaping, which causes trouble
+            if (asList(MARIADB, MYSQL).contains(create().configuration().dialect().family())) {
+                create().execute("SET @@sql_mode=CONCAT_WS(',', @@sql_mode, 'NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES');");
+            }
+
             final Connection c = connection;
 
             // Reactivate this, to enable mock connections